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The Wingham Advance-Times, 1967-07-06, Page 9B I U C EN TENN 0 Li E REMINISCING We Have a Fine Hospital JULY 1918 Franc Galbraith and Gordon Deehanen are spending a wee pie of weeks touring Ontario in their remodelled Ford. racer, The auto will doubtlessly ate traet a good deal of attention wherever it goes. Mr. and Mrs. W. j. Howe son are the proud owners of a handsome silver medal which their son, Corp, George HOW ." son received for bravery on the battlefield in August of 1917. George enlisted with the 126th but was transferred to the 116th and served seven months in the front line, He is now with the Dental Corps in France, About a year ago his brother, Lieut, Richard Howson was killed in action. RIG DAY FOR THE SCOUTS—Last Friday morning 150 Boy Scouts and their leaders assembled at Walkerton to take off for a three-week trip to Quebec and the Maritime iiiiii iiiiii 11110,1011,111111j.11,, iiiiii iiiii 1111,01111"1,11, iiiiiii 1101R iiiiiiii iiiiiiii iiiiiiiii 101111111.1111,1111.11.M iiiiiii i ..... ..... ..... ingbain AbbancoZimit Wingham, Ontario, Thursday, July 6, 1967 SECOND SECTION SUGAR AND SPICE by Bill .Smiley 2.4 FMIOSVMPKWARW'r)FON401 itWg:/A.aeeeee::exgeeneedeOWeWemeg„'oegee.ase.eieeVee.,eee. Advance-Times, Dear Sir: In answer to your recent en- quiry, this particular company has been advertising in a num- ber of newspapers in smaller Canadian communities. Those answering receive a circular requesting $1.00 for an instruction manual. This small leaflet contains information on how to own your home typing business, how to get started and how to obtain clients, such as contacting clubs, organizations, large stores as well as placing ads in newspapers and on bulle- tin boards. The concern does not furnish work. The main purpose of the ad would appear to be to sell copies of the manual. Yours sincerely, (Miss) R. G. Johnson Secretary. P. S„ - We have received many enquiries, the majority from residents in smaller communi- ties - Ontario and some of the other provinces. Authorities are aware of the operations of this concern. Lend me your house Editor, Wingham, Ont. I had the opportunity to speak when the estimates of the Post Office Department were before the House of Commons recently. At that time I brought to the attention of the Postmaster General the fact that at the present time remuneration re- ceived by the rural mail car- riers is quite inadequate for the type of service they provide. I am enclosing herewith copy of a letter I have received from the Postmaster General which I thought might be of interest to your readers. I hope that these very wor- thy people, our rural mail car- riers, will soon be provided with assistance which would at least bring their remuneration up to date and in keeping with the times. Yours sincerely, Marvin Howe, M. P. , Wellington-Huron. 0-0-0 Mr. W. Marvin Howe, House of Commons, Ottawa 4, Ontario, Dear Mr. Howe; During the debate on Esti- mates of the Post Office Depart- ment, I listened with interest to your remarks respecting pay- ments to rural mail contractors. I am well aware of the dif- ficulties faced by rural mail contractors in meeting operat- ing expenses and you will be interested to learn that a review of the method of payment has been in progress for some time with the object of improving the system. Under the current provisions of the Post Office Act, we en- deavour to maintain a reason- able rate structure whereby LETTERS TO TH EDITOR I'm deeply hurt. I've been waiting, eyes shining, cheeks glowing, mind agog, to see who was going to invite us to stay at their place while we visited Expo. Nothing. Not a whisper. Not a murmur. Not a wire. Not even a long-distance call, col- lect. The Telegram, which ells- penses this column, has not said: "We'd like you to take your family to Expo for a week. All expenses. Do a cou- ple of columns from there." No, all they've said is, "Your column was late again last week." M. P. , Provinces, Here they are gathered in a horseshoe to re- ceive final instructions from the tour leader, Lloyd Ackert of Holyrood,—A-T Photo, JULY 1932 Mr. James Armstrong, of Teeswater, has purchased the old Exchange Hotel property. It is the intention of Mr. Arm- strong, at some future date to demolish the ()Id hotel build- ing and erect an up-to-date service station. He also in- tends to conduct a feed stable in connection with the shed. The home of Mr. and Mrs. A. 5. Chandler, Echo Place, was the scene of a pretty wed- ding on June 18th, when their youngest daughter, Louie Flora, was united in the bonds ofholy matrimony to Mr. William James Breckenridge, younger son of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Breckenridge, of Bluevale, A. W. Robinson, who has been an employee in the Blyth Standard office for 21 years has purchased this business from his former employer, J. H. R. El- liott, who has operated that office for 22 years. lion the hospital can truly be termed. "big business,"" Hospital facilities are expensive, Every piece of equipment, from footstools to op- erating room lights, is specially made for its purpose and very highly priced. Quite wisely, everything that has been bought for the hospital over the years has been of the finest quality, so that today the set vice available is the best. It is interesting to note the progressive- ly, increasing interest which has been taken by government in the provision of hospital facilities. The first rudimentary hospital was paid for by the shareholders of a private company. Later the shares were donated to a newly-formed hospital association and by the time of the first big building program in the mid-forties the citizens of Wingham provided the lion's share of the necessary funds, By the mid- fifties there were more generous grants and this time the surrounding municipalities voted money to help with the next ex- pansion. The latest building and renova- ting project, however, was accomplished without calling on the public or upon the local councils for any donations. Money for this phase was in the form of grants from three levels of government and in loans from the Ontario Hospital Services Commission. Our final and most thoughtful word on the subject of the local hospital is that of hearty commendation for the staff. Scarcely a patient leaves this hospital with- out feeling grateful for the kindliness of the girls who provide the nursing care. Here we have none of the impersonal pro- duction line methods so common in the large city hospitals. Patients in our hos- pital are still people, with fears and pains and above all, with hopes of recovery. We salute the hospital staff, from the administrator right through to the house- keeping personnel. Without their thought- fulness and consideration the Wingham and District Hospital would be little better than an expensive pile of bricks, Sometimes those institutions with which we live and work day by day be- come so familiar to us that we lose our perspective. This could be the case with the Wingham and District Hospital. How- ever, the official re-opening ceremonies on Friday afternoon served to remind us that in this institution we have a hospital that is unequalled in most rural centres, Accompanying hospital officials from other nearby towns on a tour of the build- ing, it was interesting to hear their com- ments and to sense their admiretion of the facilities we now have avails • As we have suggested, the residents of Wingham and the district around the town served by the hospital, have seen the insti- tution grow from a tiny, struggling affair to a completely modern centre for treat- ment of the sick, and it is quite possible that they have long since forgotten how far we have progressed. The first hospital to be established in either Huron or Bruce Counties, the Wingham and District Hos- pital has pioneered in many fields of medi- cal service. For long years after other neighboring towns had started their own hospitals, the Wingham centre remained the largest and most important. It was the first in the entire area, as an example, to provide beds for chronically ill patients. The training school for nursing assistants was the first and only one for many years in this district. One of the very important functions of our hospital at the present time is its ser- vice as the location of the district cancer clinic, where patients from an area which stretches as far as Owen Sound, come twice a month for re-examination and treatment. The Wingham and District Hospital, with well over two hundred employees, is the largest single employer of labor in the town. With a capital investment in ex- cess of three million dollars and an annual budget ranging up to two-thirds of a mil- Looking in Bo th Directions Pierre Berton is going to spend two weeks with his fami- ly, at Expo, in his boat. I have- n't even got a rowboat, and if I had, I don't think we'd make it before freeze-up, I must be fair, and admit we've had a couple of invita- tions to park our trailer, via Christmas cards. One was from my sister, who is about 100 miles from Expo. The other was from old buddy Gene Mac- clonal, who is only "an hour from Expo," probably as the jet flies. Only trouble is, we don't have a trailer, and I don't suppose there's one left for hire in the whole country. Next year will be a great year to buy used trailers. Everybody else I know has a deal, of some kind. This one has relatives who are going to turn over their apartment for two weeks in August. when they go on vacation. That one is going to stay with her moth- er's uncle's cousin's son while his wife has her fourteenth child in hospital, Another friend has a brother who is a big buyer for a big department store. The brother has been offered a suite of rooms at a posh motel for a week, by a big supplier of things to the big department store. Both brothers are going, with their wives. This is known as public relations. We'd even settle for some private rela- `ions. mail contractors are allowed equitable remuneration for the work they are required to per- form. When an application is re- ceived from a contractor, his rate of payment is reviewed in relation to an established set of standards which takes into ac- count the many factors involv- ed in the work being done. An integral part of this process is the allowance made for certain fringe benefits and operating costs relative to the number of hours of work being performed. By applying this evaluation pro- cess, if a rate of pay is found to be lower than that which is gen- erally paid for comparable ser- vices, the contractor's rate is brought up to an equitable lev- el. As I mentioned in my clos- ing remarks in the debate on the Estimates of this Depart- ment, the proposed amend- ments to the Post Office Act which I propose to introduce during the fall will remedy many of the shortcomings in existing contract assessment procedures and should prove to be satisfactory to all concerned. Yours sincerely, Jean-Pierre Cote. JULY 1942 Miss Jean McKague has be- come a member of the local staff of the Dominion Bank. Miss Helen Bateson, Victor- ia Hospital, London, has re- ceived word from the Depart- ment of Health that she has successfully passed her register- ed nurse examinations. Special sessions convened afternoon and evening Thurs- day in the Wingham Baptist Church ordaining into the min- istry Rev. John Lucas, Wing- ham. Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Broome received word that their son, James Broome, of the Army Service Corp, had arrived ov- erseas. This is their second son to be doing military duty in England as William, another son, has been in England for a long time. Another local girl has join- ed the ranks of the farmerettes. On Thursday last week Mildred Fitzpatrick left for Grimsby to join the ranks of those picking fruit. eges because of their black robes. Indeed, the Hurons didn't even offer them a blanket. They had to man a paddle all the way and take their own chances with the marauding Iroquois. It was this latter confederacy which finally wiped out the Jesuit missions a few years later and ex- pelled the white man from Ontario for more than 100 years. With such courage as our heritage, can we do less than face the coming cen- tury in strong determination to make Can- ada of worth to a troubled world? Our opportunities in this regard are limitless. With massive food production and almost unlimited prosperity, we can show the rest of the world something of the true spirit of intelligent cooperation which must even- tually lead to peace throughout the planet. Our plenty must somehow be shared with those who are destitute. The formula is not an easy one; it may take many years to hammer out, but there is no more im- portant task before the Canadian people. We have ample room for millions more new Canadians who will come to us from lands where opportunities are few. We have the technical know-how to fit these newcomers into our way of life and our own traditions will eventually be enriched by their presence. Together we must strive for full and complete sharing of the bounty which we have for so long enjoyed alone. As Canada begins her second century it is inevitable that our eyes should turn ex- pectantly to the future, for we know it holds tremendous changes and possibilities. However, so much of what we have has been built upon the past that we must never lose sight of the paths which our fathers trod so that we might celebrate the culmination of a century of great achievement. Nor is it correct to believe that the Aimed to progress was opened only .,100. wyears ago. If you would like to get a real sense of Canadian history, we sug- gest a visit to Fort Ste. Marie at Midland, Ontario. There, in the re-built walls of Ontario's first European settlement, one can imagine something of the harshness of the Canadian wilderness and the cour- age of the men who sought to conquer it. The Recollet and Jesuit priests who first reached the shores of Georgian Bay were men of high birth and noble pur- pose, utterly dedicated to their task of bringing the message of Christ to the sav- ages, The hardships of the trip from Mon- treal by way of the Ottawa and Mattawa Rivers, Lake Nipissing and thence down the French River and through the Thirty Thousand Islands of Georgian Bay would be a formidable journey for modern power boats, let alone for the crude bark canoes in which the priests travelled. They were accorded no special privil- Canadians Were Not Workless telt on Saturday. She was aided by Linda arid Ann Lowe. Now, I haven't anything grand or glorious in mind. All I was thinking about was some- body who perhaps has an apartment in Montreal and a chalet in the Laurentians. If they were at the chalet, we'd be perfectly happy to look af- ter their apartment in the city. And if they wanted to come hack to the mug and muck of the city and Expo for a week, in all that heat, we'd be de. lighted to let them have the apartment, while we looked af• ter the chalet, What could be fairer than that? It isn't as though we wanted to come busting in on our relatives in Montreal, even if we had any, and say, "Sorry we couldn't make it for the last 12 years, but we just couldn't resist coming to see you this year, for a Centennial Year reunion. What? Every room in the house is rented all summer? Well! Money is thick- er than blood, obviously." No, that's not the idea. Not at all. We don't want to impose On anyone. We just want a quiet little place, perferably air-conditioned, that will sleep three (maybe four, as Hugh still had his hand in a cast), with free parking, not more than ten minutes from Expo, with maid service. Free. Nothing elaborate. Nothing ostentatious. Just a simple lit• tie place to lay our heads and cook our meals and make lunches and burn holes in the chesterfield and have all OUR relatives in. Just something like home. We wouldn't stay all skim- mer, you know. Kim has to be home Sundays to play the or, gan at church. And Hugh has to be home every two weeks to have his finger re-broken, re- set, re-encased ht a east. (1 think he's found his life's work,) Besides, my wife doesn't want to go to Expo, She Shud- ders at trowds, heat, sore feet. She says she wouldn't sleep a wink, She says we eerie afford it. (That's what she said last summer, an a week later we Were on a plane for Vancouver. Our fly-now pay-later plan will soon be paid for.) Oh, well, if nobody wants us .......... iiilit, ...... filli ......... ...... 1111 ,11111 Iiiiiii ......... .......... loli .. ... ...... loffiloti,,,,,,1,1,11 ....... losl JULY 1953 Wingham will have another doctor in town this week, when Dr. R. B. Palmer, of Wroxeter, moves into Wingham to be- come associated with Drs. Con- nell and Corrin, on Josephine Street. Dr. Palmer and his family will live in the house formerly occupied by the late Mrs. Irwin, on Shuter Street. Mary Lou Dunlop, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. G. L. Dunlop, was named winner of the an- nual Lions General Proficiency Award for Grade 8 students at the Wingham Public School. The Marion Inglis Medal, awarded annually to the stud- ent with the highest marks in Grade 8, went to Jean Rintoul, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ab Rintoul. The John Comyn Cur- rie awards to the five Grade 8 students showing the greatest improvement in their work be- tween Christmas and the EaSter holidays were made to Joyce Moffat, Jim Bain, Gail Colvin, David Scott and Jamie Rae. Mr. and Mrs. A. D. Mac- William, who have been spend- ing the past three weeks in San Juan, Puerto Rica, arrived back in Wingham last Wednesday. and noting that Mr, S. Knowles, M.P. for a Winnipeg seat, was t in importuning the government to declare another holiday. It seemed a shame to Mr. Knowles, with Dominion Day falling this year on a Sat- urday, that people in Canada who nor- mally would have a holiday on the first of July were not going to get an extra day unless Mr. Pearson provided for it, and Mr. Pearson was afraid not to. So civil servants, including those in the lower levels, who never work very hard anyway according to accurate observers, are given an extra day's holiday with pay for no work done. It seems that one can't enjoy a national day that just happens to be a regular day off. Mr. Knowles is of that school of econ- omy that never takes into account the fact that work paid foe and not done is an upward push on prices. Mr, Knowles will deplore the fact that prices are going higher and berate employers for letting them go higher, He is one of the chief reas- ons why prices always are going higher and higher. He wants them to stay down without anyone's doing anyhing about pro- ducing goods at lower prices. Mr. Knowles and Co, have an election slogan. They haven't expressed it yet but doubtless it will come along any day. It is: Por a workless Canada, —The Printed Word. Many people looking back over the hundred years since Canada became a confederation recall that people worked through that century to make Canada what it is. There are many people who remem- ber long hours of hard work and know that what they remember followed an era when people worked even harder. On the farm, men worked till set of sun and then did the chores that weren't considered work, such as milking the cows, feeding the horses and looking after the other quadrupeds, Meanwhile, the wife in the kitchen was doing her work too, and it often included making yarn to make cloth to make garments. When the woman finished her work in the kitchen, she often moved to the barn to help finish the chores, as the husband and other husky males around the place were doing. In those days, if the family wanted to go to town the horses had to be hitched, looked after while in town and bedded down when they got back. Now the man on the farm who wants to take the family to town simply walks to his garage, or wherever he parks his car, starts the en- gine and away they go, When they get back, they step out of the car and leave it, The only real chore is carrying parcels to the house. These thoughts of hard work and in- *convenience in the earlier days tome to mind on reading the parliamentary debates 415,04,, i oo it iiii 1111 11111141111111 ii i 4 i 160000i...4*i iiiiiii 1 iiiiiiii iiiiiiiiiiiiii4iiii iiii iiiiii iiiiiii 1 111,iiiiii iiiiiii iiiiiii it iiiiiiiii iiiiiiiii ii i ii i ii ti iiiiii iii i THE WINGHAM ADVANCE a TIMES Ptiblithed at Witighatti. OritatiO, by Wenger Bros. Limited. W, Batty Wenger, president Robert 0, Wenger, 8deretary,Trett3titer Member Audit bureau of Circulation Member Canadian 'Weekly Newspapers Association, Authorized by the Pest Otriee Department as Second Class Mail and for paYirient of postage in cash. Subscription Elate; 1 ihiti 0,00; 6 tricietba, $1.16- iti advrittee;. S7.196 per yee Peteled rate, ItOfrper yr. Advertising Hatta on applieatieit Former resident dies in Windsor WHITECHURCH—Word was received here that Earl Mc- Creight passed away at Windsor on Friday. He was the son of Mr. and Mrs. John McCreight who lived on Highway 86, on the farm now owned by Oscar Sae fter. Mr. McCreight leaves his wife and family; three brothers, Lester and Cecil of Atwood, and ikey of Palmerston; and one sister. Mrs. James Wilson• of Minnie Street, Wirighath. Advance-Times Photo. THE 13RUSSELLS CENTENNIAL QUEEN, Marlene Smith, centre, rode a beautiful float in the Dominion bay parade at Brue- vateAdjaralar.,,,